The EU-level organisation – led by France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands – will develop open source alternatives in key areas like AI, cloud, and social networks The European Commission on ...

Armin Papperger, CEO of the Rheinmetall armaments group. [Shireen Broszies/picture alliance via Getty Images] German defence giant Rheinmetall’s boss is worried that France could pull out of a ...

Ihor Fedirko, CEO of the Ukrainian Council of Defence Industry, an organisation representing the country’s armaments sector, is happy just to be alive. “We are all alive, so it’s okay”, he told ...

Belgium is demanding “independent” and “autonomous” guarantees from EU countries in return for its support for a floated loan to Ukraine using immobilised Russian assets, according to documents seen ...

The Greek government is preparing a plan to ban social media use for under-15s, using an existing parental-control app designed to block tobacco and alcohol sales to minors. However, legal and ...

The EU and India sealed a landmark trade pact in New Delhi on Tuesday after almost two decades of negotiations, slashing hefty tariffs on key European exports such as cars, machinery, wine and spirits ...

BERLIN – German lawmakers on Thursday belatedly approved the government’s 2025 budget that pumps large new sums into the military and infrastructure investments. The 2025 budget, which should have ...

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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul criticised French defence spending on Monday, calling for Paris to do more to turn calls for European security sovereignty into concrete capabilities. The ...

Germany’s foreign minister called for calm amid a mounting trade spat between the EU and China over critical mineral export curbs on Monday – just days after the bloc’s top brass threatened to fire ...

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Military ships patrol the Fjords of the capital Nuuk, Greenland [Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images] Relief in European capitals after Donald Trump ruled out using force over Greenland has ...